I have always thought it was "civil-me" as well and until
I read how it was pronounced, the Turkish way and all.
Good to know, I like learning new languages.
I guess I just accepted it as I saw it, I know kind of
childish, but thats how I am.
hehe
Cool
On Sunday 25 March 2001 07:43 am, so spoke Tom Snell:
> Jeeesh, I've been wondering about this myself for the past few years,
> and, as are many things in life, the answer is far more intriguing than
> the question! I always assumed it was Quebecois....
>
> Tom
>
> Civileme wrote:
> > Hmmm
> >
> > it is Civileme. You'd need a Turkish phonetic dictionary to get it
> > right and also a mailer capable of seeing (and I'd need a font capable of
> > showing) what appears to be the bottom of a figure 5 attached to the
> > nadir of the C.
> >
> > It means "shout" or "smash"(sports) or "foot-first jump". I took it as a
> > web handle to honor a departed four-footed friend, whose registered name
> > was Masallah Civileme, one of the near-legendary livestock guardians of
> > the Anatolian plateau.
> >
> > Civileme
